Evangelion: the orc mount

CHAPTER 1

Shinji had awoken and stood up, stretching his muscles, he had been in this world with two suns and three moons for over six years, nearly twenty-one years old spending his first five years under the tutelage of a former onna-musha turned ponygirl, she had volunteered, as many girls had, being basically taught from an early age that it was their duty

Goblins never took males as their ponies, believing the human men to be too temperamental and hard to train, not worth it, there were exceptions, but they were few

Shinji was given all of his mentor's worldly possessions before being sent off with her new masters, including the clothes he wore, which she made exclusively for him

Goblins were shorter then humans being only 4 foot 8 in height, and having very low leg strength, barely being able to run and not nearly as fast as a human could, but they made up for it with above average arm strength for humans and incredible sight and hearing as well

Goblins also weren't ugly by any sense, they were lean with decent muscle in the right places and were relatively thin, making them ideal riders, they had beautiful emerald skin, and their eyes were always breathtaking with vibrant colors, their hair similarly so

It was common for a human and goblin to have romantic relationships with one another, resulting in half human half goblin offspring, carrying the qualities of both races

Shinji had seen a couple, it was because of this that humans were allowed to join a goblin lance of warriors and have their own ponygirl, if wasn't common, but it did happen

That allowed the tradition of riding ponygirls to adapt and grow as a result, allowing for greater results from said ponygirl, though the practice mostly stayed with the goblin tribes, most human nobles thought it above themselves to publicly practice such brutality, what they did behind closed doors however was no ones business but their own

Shinji had quickly dressed, his katana finding its place at its hip, his mentors naginata he carried with him always, he slid his sandals on, pulling the loop that locked the sandals in place on his feet over his heel, before stepping out

He silently placed his room key on the counter, having paid the night before, it was time for him to be under way yet again

He stepped out into the warm morning light, he enjoyed the spring weather

He had long since gotten used to the lack of amenities in this world, the world after all had only recently introduced firearms into things, which of course complicated matters greatly as such weapons would greatly turn the tide of power

He walked through the town making his way for the gate

Shinji ikari had no home, he was a wanderer and would continue to do so until he found a different purpose other then to simply wander, until he found a home again

He left the town without ceremony, the guards on watch ignored him entirely, their job was to stop and check people who entered, they could care less about those who left, especially not some easterner

He made his way into the forest that made up the southern exit of the town

He'd been east and north, now he was heading south, west was orc territory, no one was foolish enough to go there

A goblin lance of riders would catch up with him

"Human" their leader said in greeting as she rode beside him as walked

"Goblin" I returned

"It was a standard greeting, neither knew the other, but both could clearly tell what the other was, it was practical and convenient nothing more, just as the alliance between humans abd goblins was purely practical, they needed each other to survive the orc onslaught and now they were both benefiting from the invention of muskets, neither side wanted to break the bond that was forged especially not the goblin who knew humans far outnumbered them and if it came down to it, the goblins wouldn't survive if they made humans their enemies as they'd then have too very powerful, very numerous enemies

"You are from the eastern tribe" she asked, thought it was less of a question and more of a comment

Shinji answered anyway

"I am" I said

"My compliments, some of our best ponies are from your nation, goblins have also learned much of your ways of combat, I myself am a practitioner" she said

"I thank you" I said, she nodded before more silence, then her head snapped up, clearly listening her party mimicked her actions as her hands tightened on the reigns of her mount

Shinji noticed and his hand moved to prepare his naginata

There was a roar as orcs charged in to attack them